Tulsa Race Massacre: Knowing the history of your place with Shelley Martin-Young

With over thirty years of K-12 experience including elementary classroom teacher, elementary librarian, and district technology coach, Shelley Martin-Young is now a doctoral candidate and graduate teaching assistant at Oklahoma State University. Her research interests include using children’s and young adult literature to disrupt the …

Spaces for Writing, Thinking, and Becoming by Dixie K. Keyes and Jessica Wiley

The Sunday Post on Ethical ELA is a year-long series featuring weekly contributions written by English language arts educator-scholars from across the country. Explore past posts here. Welcome, Dixie and Jessica! Dixie Keyes is a professor of education at Arkansas State University where she teaches undergraduate pedagogy …

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The Blurred Boundary of Expert and Novice by Abby Kindelsperger

The Sunday Post on Ethical ELA is a year-long series featuring weekly contributions written by English language arts educator-scholars from across the country. Explore past posts here. Welcome, Abby! Abby Kindelsperger is a lecturer and Associate Director of English Education at University of Illinois at Chicago. Her …

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The Spectacular Speculative of Outdoor Activities in English Classrooms by Rich Novack

The Sunday Post on Ethical ELA is a year-long series featuring weekly contributions written by English language arts educator-scholars from across the country. Explore past posts here. Welcome, Rich Novack!  Rich Novack, Ph.D. teaches high school English and serves as the co-Chair of ELATE’s Commission on …

Writing Environments by Russ Mayo

The Sunday Post on Ethical ELA is a year-long series featuring weekly contributions written by English language arts educator-scholars from across the country. Explore past posts here. Welcome, Russ Mayo!  Russell Mayo is an Assistant Professor of English and Writing Program Director at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond, Indiana. …

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A Few Glimpses into the Good by Michael Anderson

The Sunday Post on Ethical ELA is a year-long series featuring weekly contributions written by English language arts educator-scholars from across the country. (Explore past posts here.) This Sunday, we welcome Michael Anderson. Michael Anderson is a doctoral student in English Education at NCSU and …

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30/30, Congratulations!

A message from Sarah: As of 6:00am on 4/30, here is a snapshot of the verse love that has flourished in our world because of you: 26, 264 views 3,786 visitors 6,249 poems and responses unquantifiable love Please tell us about your #verselove experience so …

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29/30, Environmental Voices Poem

Note: Can’t find the comment box? Friends, WordPress has had an “update” which disabled my fancy comment platform (allowing font features and images, allowing me to control where the comment box rests). Now we endure the default commenting app. Alas, you must now scroll, scroll …

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28/30, How to Say It Poem

Note: Friends, the comment section looks different because of a WordPress issue that is not allowing my fancy commenting platform that allows font features. Further, the comment box is at the bottom of the page, so scroll, scroll to the end or hit CTRL+END. Thank …

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27/30, Secret Connoisseur Poem

Our Host Karen Workun is a National Board Certified high school English teacher in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is married to her middle-school crush Zac and is mom to two adventurous children, Isaiah and Gideon. Karen also volunteers with Poetic Justice, a non-profit dedicated to cultivating …